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CLTann · 11-01-2005, 07:09 PM

Hi, I just had my second opinion regarding my treatment after mastec. I am ER+, pR+, HER2+++, 1.5 max invasive ductal carcinoma. Grades 1,2,1 for an overall grading of 1. no nodes problem. clean margin. postmenopause. Been on Tamox for about 4 weeks. The new opinion is to change Tamox to Arimidex, strongly recommend chemo of 4 weeks (once a week, A/C), followed by Herceptin. I do not want chemo and the doc is willing to forego that. He said that perhaps insurance may not cover Herceptin without chemo. But he would accept my idea of only Herceptin. The non-recurrence probability will only go up by around 5 to 7%, since for my type of cancer the non-recurrence is only 75 to 85% anyway. Adding arimidex, I am already up to around 90%. I wish there are others who have done Herceptin without chemo so that we have some solid information to go by. Please post if you are in this category.

11-01-2005, 07:09 PM	#8
CLTann Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 476	Hi, I just had my second opinion regarding my treatment after mastec. I am ER+, pR+, HER2+++, 1.5 max invasive ductal carcinoma. Grades 1,2,1 for an overall grading of 1. no nodes problem. clean margin. postmenopause. Been on Tamox for about 4 weeks. The new opinion is to change Tamox to Arimidex, strongly recommend chemo of 4 weeks (once a week, A/C), followed by Herceptin. I do not want chemo and the doc is willing to forego that. He said that perhaps insurance may not cover Herceptin without chemo. But he would accept my idea of only Herceptin. The non-recurrence probability will only go up by around 5 to 7%, since for my type of cancer the non-recurrence is only 75 to 85% anyway. Adding arimidex, I am already up to around 90%. I wish there are others who have done Herceptin without chemo so that we have some solid information to go by. Please post if you are in this category.